In this video, Lauren Hewes, the Society’s vice president for collections, describes the primary printing processes used in the 18th century to create and disseminate visual material, including prints, maps, ephemera, and book and newspaper illustrations.
This educational video explores themes discussed in The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 NEH Summer Institute for K-12 Educators.
Primary sources, listed in order of appearance
The following primary sources were discussed in this video.
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Enlarge image | Young Superior, will cover mares this season ... | AAS catalog record | 0:25 |
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Enlarge image | A poem, descriptive of the terrible fire, which made such shocking devastation in Boston ... [broadside] | AAS catalog record | 1:20 |
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Enlarge image | I want all the scraps I can collect. | AAS catalog record | 1:28 |
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Enlarge image | Bulletin. Wall St. | AAS catalog record | 1:32 |
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Enlarge image | Phillis's poem on the death of Mr. Whitefield. | AAS catalog record | 1:39 |
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Enlarge image | Poems on various subjects, religious and moral. By Phillis Wheatley | AAS catalog record | 1:50 |
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Enlarge image | A Monumental inscription on the fifth of March. Together with a few lines on the enlargement of Ebenezer Richardson, convicted of murder. | AAS catalog record | 2:16 |
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Enlarge image | Charlestown, April 27, 1769. To be sold, on Wednesday the tenth day of May next, a choice cargo of two hundred & fifty Negroes... | AAS catalog record | 2:40 |
| Enlarge image | Charts published and sold by William Norman | AAS catalog record | 3:09 | |
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Enlarge image | Agte Lannuier distiller and confectioner. | AAS catalog record | 3:34 |
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Enlarge image | Zacharie Coopman & Co. Merch'ts Baltimore. | AAS catalog record | 3:40 |
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Enlarge image | Jonathan Meredith, tanner and currier ... | AAS catalog record | 3:45 |
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Enlarge image | Imported from London and sold by Jane Eustis, at her shop near the Town-House Boston. | AAS catalog record | 3:50 |
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Enlarge image | To be sold by Joseph Webb at his store near Olivers Dock Boston. | AAS catalog record | 4:15 |
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Enlarge image | Ebenezer Larkin at his book & stationary store, no. 47 Cornhill Boston. | AAS catalog record | 4:25 |
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